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This is an extra step (my fault—the tines on the fork were not long enough). Select the fork shape and then select the Shape Editor Tool. Marquee select the control points shown above in red outline and move them down 40 pixels.

NOTE: Marquee select means to draw a selection rectangle with the Selector Tool or the Shape Editor Tool around the outside of the objects (or control points) you wish to select.

TIP: If you set your Nudge Size in Page Options > General to 1pix, you can hold down the Shift key and press the down arrow 4 times. Each Shift click moves the selection 10X the Nudge Size amount.

To give the fork a more elegant, tapered shape, we'll apply and edit a Perspective Envelope.

Select the fork with the Mold Tool (Shift F6). On the Infobar, click the Default Perspective envelope icon (shown above). Move the top left and right control points a little distance towards the center, about the width of one of the tines as shown above.

With the fork selected, Arrange > Convert to Editable Shapes. Then Arrange > Ungroup.

Clone the fork shape (Ctrl k). Move the clone up and to the left 4 pixels in each direction.

Make another clone of the top shape (Ctrl k).

Select the top shape and the bottom right shape and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Subtract Shapes (Ctrl 2). Apply a darker fill to the new shape and align the shape so it is exactly over the complete shape.

NOTE: Clone (Ctrl k) makes an "in place" duplicate. Duplicate (Ctrl d) makes a duplicate and offsets the duplicate usually down and right about 20 pixels unless you have modified the offset setting in Page Options.

Subtract Shapes NOTE: When you use the Subtract Shapes command, the top shape disappears after performing the operation. This is why you made the 2nd clone.

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